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here's what demonoid has to say:

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The Demonoid tracker uses the event=stopped message
(which is part of the BT protocol) to update the ratios.

You won't get credit if any of the following happen;
* Your computer crashes or the power fails.
* You close the client and physically turn off the machine too
soon before the all-important event=stopped message is sent
(some clients take longer than others and especially if you're
seeding multiple torrents. If you want to shut down in a hurry
be sure that your client has completely finished doing it's job
by confirming all application (client) activity in the Task
Manager has ceased.
* Your client is a pile of manure and doesn't follow BT
protocol and send the message to the tracker. Such clients
are (but not limited to) TorrentStorm, BitTorrent++,
NovaTorrent, BitComet*, BitSpirit... *Versions v0.49 and up
support
* The tracker is temporarily down.
* The packet did not get through due to the unforseen nature
of the internet. Unfortunately not every single piece of data
gets to it's destination - and even then not always error free.
Your client often rejects packets of corrupted data of the file
you're downloading sent by other peers.

If you don't have a fixed IP it could also happen because;
* Your ISP disconnects you periodically (some ISPs do this).
* You are momentarily disconnected.
* You close the client properly and reboot...
...AND...(with all of the above) you fail to log on to the site to
tell it - the tracker - your new IP after reconnecting and/or
rebooting.
What happens is when you get disconnected your IP
changes and the tracker assigns the data credit to the last
known IP. Of course you don't have this IP anymore so if you
fail to inform it of your new IP (you inform it by logging
on/visiting the site after you are back online) then you'll lose
the credit.

Additionally, if the tracker has a heavy load, the internet is
slow or Deimos is tweaking the code then you will
experience a delay for your ratio to be updated or not get the
credit if the event=stopped fails to get through for these
reasons.

And in extremely rare circumstances data can be lost due to
a HD failure, RAM overload (when the peer count is too high),
site hosting problem or when we are under a DDoS attack.
There was an occasion where we lost forum threads and
some member account data due to above reasons.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Emphasizing and reiterating the above,
the event=stopped message gets sent, on either STOPPING
YOUR TORRENTS, PAUSING YOUR TORRENTS (if the
client supports it) or CLOSING YOUR CLIENT. This is what
everyone who uses Demonoid MUST understand. It is up to
the user to use a recommended client in the above manner to
ensure their ratios are updated and calculated correctly.

Edit: Please note that The ratio is updated 24 hours after the
transfer stops as noted on the top of every page (under your
username & stats).

FAQs;

1. "What can I do to ensure that I don't lose credit in the
case of something happening that is out of my control, like a
power cut or I get disconnected?'
To prevent accidental or unfortunate loss of upload credit due
to some of the unforseen events described above you should
regularly pause/stop/close your torrents/clients so the
tracker updates your ratio. Every 4 - 8 hours is
recommended. It's good BT practice.
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so basically, would it be possible to have a "frequency" that
arctic would send the ul/dl info to the tracker? Or issue the
force re-announce, so users dont loose there credit? :P
Especially living in FL, we get power outtages alot. Though, I
cant say that's the cause of my recent ratio/credit losses.
So something to have arctic send the info every 10 minutes,
would be awesome. So I dont loose that much data transfer
credit.

And, I dont know if it's possible, but on exit/shutdown, to
have it force re-announce the torrents/tracker? If not, some
periodic force reannounce would suffice I think :P

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